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Re: possible parsing problem with OSI-DS 23 (Distinguished Names)

Steve Hardcastle-Kille <S.Kille@isode.com> Wed, 03 February 1993 21:53 UTC

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From: Steve Hardcastle-Kille <S.Kille@isode.com>

"p.s. how are accented characters handled?"

The notation is character set independent, and so will support accents
if written in an appropriate character set.   If accents are not
supported, you default to hex, which will include the appropriate
ASN.1 tagging.  

I'll add a note to this effect


Steve

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